Evaluation of CAP Strategic Plans during the implementation period and ex post

1.   Member States shall carry out evaluations of their CAP Strategic Plans during implementation and ex post to improve the quality of the design and implementation of the plans. Member States shall assess their CAP Strategic Plans’ effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, Union added value and impact in relation to their contribution to achiving the CAP general objectives set out in Article 5 and those specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2) which are addressed by the CAP Strategic Plan concerned. The CAP Strategic Plan’s overall impact shall be assessed by the ex-post evaluation only.
2.   Member States shall entrust evaluations to functionally independent experts.
3.   Member States shall ensure that procedures are in place to produce and collect the data necessary for evaluations.
4.   Member States shall draw up an evaluation plan providing indications on intended evaluation activities during the implementation period.
5.   Member States shall submit the evaluation plan to the monitoring committee no later than one year after the adoption of the CAP Strategic Plan.
6.   The managing authority shall be responsible for completing a comprehensive ex-post evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plan by 31 December 2031.
7.   Member States shall make all evaluations available to the public.